You’re probably wondering what these ‘Golden Years’ are, and when they’re coming, because whatever this ‘all right’ we’re living in now isn’t ‘all right’ at all, J.P. Devine writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Reporting Aside: Woman’s actions draw ire of online commentators, but family says there’s more to the story
Nichole Nalley-Dickey says her brother’s wife, Rebecca Mceachern-Gorman, was suffering from brain damage when she crashed her car into a pole on Main Street in Waterville last week, Amy Calder writes.
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TV Review: I Spy A Spy ‘A Spy Among Friends’ writes JP Devine
I remember this story because I’m old. If you’re older than 60, you will as well, but at the time, here in America, you probably didn’t care. It was 1963, and the assassination of JFK was enough to deal with, and no one here even knew the rest of the world existed or cared. But […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Auroras in spring
Auroras have fascinating scientific explanation but offer the feeling of stupendous transparent beauty that touches the northern sky of your soul, Dana Wilde writes.
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On the Edge: Apocalypse Now
Waiting for the white apocalypse, J.P. Devine recalls the romance of moving to Maine all those years ago.
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Reporting Aside: Before wrecking ball arrives, Skowhegan school welcomes spring with popular tradition
North Elementary School will be razed to make way for a new building, but on one day this week the community held fast to its bubbles, Amy Calder writes.
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‘Moving On’ confusing, fun
Hollywood has always smelled money in teams, am I wrong? Who can blame them? The list of Gold Teams is endless. We remember Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Hope and Crosby, Judy and Mickey, Roy Rogers and Trigger, and then Jane came along and Tarzan dropped Cheeta, just when we kids loved them. The […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Climate change reports
Discouraging facts from a new climate change report come even as some readers are environmentally undaunted, Dana Wilde writes.
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On the Edge: An Irish family tradition
Recalling his Irish roots, J.P. Devine reflects on the melting pot of his own family experience.